Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-23
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Marshall has u boom.
Duluth harbor is now o"en.
There are measles al W. ena.
Faribault is afflicted vi trebugs.
Rock county is to have a SAC, 900 court
house.
Specimens Of lead have been dug up near
Mankato.
A poultry association has been organized at
Winona.
Brainerd processes to lie on the verge OF a
big boom.
Work on Duluth, mammoth hotel has
been begun.
Faribault ladies are providing a home for
aged women.
The governor has proclaimed the S0th inst.
as Arbor day.
Northfeld's fountain will be supplied with
artesian water.
A civil service examination will be held a.
Mankato April p.
Deposits Of silver are reported to have been
found near Duluth.
Lake City is a candidate for the location Of
the soldiers home.
The contract for Holbrook's $4,000 hotel
at Mankato Will be let on the 18th inst.
John d.. Cum ings, of Byron, was arrested
a Friday for I ing indecent liberties with
lildren.
Josiah n. Chcney, OF Madelia, was, on the
1th inst, fore i to assign for the benefit Of
Ills creditors.
Frank Mead + r the murder OF Frank Farms.
worth will como mp for trial at ST. Paul on
the 18th inst.
William Car, X, a recent insane patient,
was again sen, 0 st. Peter from Sank Rapids
on the 9th insf.
The nome OF Gean Chamberlain at Albert
lea was burgluized Of 800 on the night OF
the 7th inst.
The Rocheslrr city council will decide on
he 10th inst. the question Of granting saloon
licenses the CO. ing year.
The Winona Y. N. c. A. will erect a build
ing for the ASSOCIATION. Nearly $l3,0 900 have
been secured / r the purpose.
\ chorus OF 900 children VIII sing at the
* 'rmiss on May IL, at st. Paul, for the bene'
ia vt the Knights OF Labor library.
A. Passenger train on the Northern Pacific
r. road heated by steam direct from the
ca me, arrived at Duluth On Wednesday.
rhe city council of Willmar has instructed
IT. olice to enforce the state and city laws
u or penalty Of removal from Office if they
fai.
fhe st. Cloud city council has decided tC
annual the action resembling the right granted
Joha Collicott, Of Minneapolis, to put in elec
tri lights.
''-"nr f, Erickson, OF Red Wing, has beer
aGj a'ged insane aud taken to the Rochester
asy /, Strong hopes are entertained OF biz
recovery.
Biz for dredging the harbcr, repairing til,
piers, and placing bouys at Duluth wer,
awarded on Friday. The work will be com
menced as soon as navigation opens.
3 Two colored hotel walters at Duluth quar-
relied over a game Of cards, resulting in the
severe cutting Of one with a knife and Of the
other with a razor, perhaps fatally.
The erripg daughter at Madelis, who was
said TO have been driven from home and gave
birth to a child In Mankato, returned on tie
eth inst. She was met at the depot and taken
home.
Nels Thompson, of Blue Earth City, joins
the procession OF those who didn't know il
was loaded. he heated the shotgun in q
forge. The doctor is picking shot out OF his
abdomen.
Ex-Mayor Jesse NJ. Hcdgrnan, OF Red
Wing, died on the 18th inst. aged 66 years,
after an illness OF nearly twenty years. He
rod Eoap a ,.eiIanA ~ pa Win TO- +L;.%-
one years.
Christina and Lydia Ncssoa, OF Cherry
Grove, were convicted Of assault on Hans
MOnson, OF the same town, and in default OF
300 bail were committed to Jail to await the
action Of the grand jury In October.
A conscientious burglar, too modest also 10
make himself known, stole a gold watch from
a residence at Waseca about ten days ago. A
few days later the watch was placed on the
doorstep Of its owner.
The Fergus Falls mayoral:y question was
settled on the evening of the 18th inst. by the
city council crunting the two votes cast for
j. Austin instead Of Jacob Austin. This
made the vote stand: Austin, 444; Brown,
443.
A serious railroad accident happened near
Waseca on the 9th inst. The northern pas
sengcr train ran into a drove OF cattle and
the entire train was thrown from the track
aud rolled down an embankment. Three
coaches were completely ruined and many
persons severely bruised, bat none seriously.
Lyman NJ. Grcggs' barn at Wabasba was
totally consumed on the Sth inst, with con-
siderable, hay, oats and other grain. A tramp
who had been doing chores about the prem
ises had been sleeping in the barn, and 1t is
presumed the fire caught from his pipe. He
barely escaped cremation, his hair, face and
clothing being badly scorched.
st. Cloud special: Two months ago Henry
Rensen was brought to the hospital here for
treatment Of diseased bone In his legs. DR..
Ramsey removed from each shin bone pieces
four to five inches long and nearly an inch
thick and replaced them with the shin bones
Of a large dog. The bones began TO grow to-
getncr, and now Mr.. Rensen is able to be up
and walk about.
The wife Of Peter Burk, living near Adam
JefTcrson's, north OF Mankato, is believed to
have Teen fatally hurt by a COW She was milk.